Denver city guide: what to see and do plus the best restaurants, bars and hotels
The Mile High City gets a little closer with new direct UK flights giving visitors the chance to soak up a wild west boom town with a roaring food and nightlife scene
Readers' travel tips
Great outdoor activities in Colorado: readers’ tips
Readers suggest ways to enjoy Colorado’s magnificent mountains, valleys, forests and lakes – on two legs, two wheels, soaking in hot springs and even dangling from a cliff
Readers' travel tips
Send us a tip on outdoor activities in Colorado – and win a £200 hotel voucher
We’d like to hear about your discoveries – from climbing spots, to cycling trails, places to fish and lesser-known skiing resorts – for a chance to win our weekly prize
August 2017
Holy smoke! The church of cannabis
As congregations dwindle, a new religion is lighting up Denver, Colorado. Aaron Millar joins the ‘elevationists’ of the International Church of Cannabis who worship the weed
February 2017
All aboard the new Denver ski train
Thanks to the new Winter Park Express you can now ski or board in one of Colorado’s snowiest resorts without having to hire a car. Sam Haddad and her young son ride the inaugural train
March 2016
Frozen Dead Guy Days: Colorado’s weirdest festival
When a man froze his grandfather’s corpse, he could never have guessed it would lead to a bonkers festival in Colorado that now includes coffin races, frozen salmon tossing and a frozen T-shirt contest
November 2015
Bed heads: Colorado’s Airbnb-style website for cannabis lovers
Mile-high city just got higher: Denver’s first cannabis-friendly B&B
April 2015
World view: Colorado National Monument, USA
Rising 2,000 feet above the valley of the Colorado river, the Colorado National Monument is a semi-desert land of flat-top mountains and canyons.
March 2015
Why I love …
High times in the Boulder bubble, by comedian Kelly MacLean
Healthy eating, yoga and orgasm meditation are the norm in this Colorado city of open spaces, beautiful people – and legal pot
November 2014
A great little place I know
Snowboarder Aimee Fuller on Cuppa Joe in Breckenridge, Colorado
The pro snowboarder finds a gut-busting sweet potato burrito from this cosy cafe perfect fuel for a day of tricks and jumps
October 2014
On the radar
Colorado’s new cannabis laws make it a top spot for pot tourism
Cliff camping in Colorado: postcards from the ledge
August 2014
Rockies road trip: driving Colorado in the summer
The mountain state is best known among tourists for skiing, but the dramatically changeable landscape is amazing in summer too, writes Becky Barnicoat
May 2014
Rocky mountain road trip
There are fantastic experiences at every turn on Kevin Rushby's road trip through Colorado and Wyoming – especially when he obeys a few simple rules: if you want to be alone in America, go off road (and take bear spray)
December 2013
Colorado ski cabins with a touch of the old wild west
Skiing in Colorado doesn't have to mean putting up with soulless hotels. Gemma Bowes stays in stylish wooden cabins invoke the pioneer spirit of the state's historic first ski resorts
August 2013
A musical road trip from Nashville to Denver
Taking in Memphis, Jackson and Amarillo, Interstate 40 is the perfect road for an American singalong. Emma John spends 30 hours on the highway – with a carful of musicians
July 2013
Road trips USA: West
Twitter road trips USA: Las Vegas to Denver, day five – as it happened
The final day of Marcel Theroux's epic road trip of over 1,000 miles from Las Vegas to Denver. He's faced Thor's wrath, eaten an elk dog, played dobrato guitar, and made it to the Mile High City.
Road trips USA: West
Twitter road trips USA: Las Vegas to Denver, day four – as it happened
Relive Marcel Theroux's fourth day of his reader-guided TwiTrip, which took him from the mysteries of Mesa Verde to the waters and mountains of the Million Dollar Highway.
Road trips USA: West
Twitter road trips USA: Las Vegas to Denver day three – as it happened
Recap Marcel Theroux's third day of his epic Western road trip guided solely by readers, from Moab into Colorado
